
After a particularly difficult labor, on 19 December 1778, following an ordeal where the queen literally fainted from suffocation and hemorrhaging, Madame Royale was born. When the time came, it was a custom at Versailles for the Queen to give birth in the presence of members of both the Royal family and the Court. After nearly seven years of anticipation, there was much curiosity about the Royal pregnancy. Marie Thérèse Charlotte was born at Versailles, first child and eldest daughter of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. Contents * 1 Biography * 2 Life during the Revolution o 2.1 Move to the Tuileries o 2.2 The Temple o 2.3 Marie Antoinette's death * 3 Life as an émigrée o 3.1 In Britain * 4 The Bourbon Restoration o 4.1 Madame la Dauphine * 5 Final exile o 5.1 After death * 6 In fiction * 7 References and notes * 8 Ancestry * 9 External links o 9.1 Primary sources o 9.2 Further reading o 9.3 Other material It can be considered that she was Queen of France for twenty minutes, in 1830, between the time her father-in-law signed the instrument of abdication and the time her husband, reluctantly, signed the same document, twenty minutes later.


She became the Dauphine of France upon the accession of her father-in-law to the throne of France in 1824. Once married, she assumed her husband's title and was known as the Duchess of Angoulême. She married her cousin, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, the eldest son of the future Charles X. As the daughter of the king, she was a Fille de France, and as the eldest daughter of the king, she was given the traditional honorific Madame Royale at birth.

Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France (19 December 1778 – 19 October 1851) was the eldest child of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette.

Marie Thérèse of France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Marie Thérèse of France Marie Thérèse by Antoine-Jean Gros Queen consort of France and Navarre (disputed) Tenure 2 August 1830 for 20 minutes Spouse Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême Full name Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France House House of Bourbon Father Louis XVI of France Mother Marie Antoinette Born 19 December 1778() Château de Versailles, France Died 19 October 1851 (aged 72) Frohsdorf, Austria Burial Kostanjevica Monastery, Nova Gorica, Slovenia Disconnected from erroneous spouse Louis Van Der Woodsten by Hatte Blejer on January 15, 2018.
